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"He was the only person in the whole of the press release to reference the fact that an independent country, Ireland, is also part of this makeup and unless that's changed I'm going to go with Great Britain and Ireland."

Carney, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports GAA, gained 14 caps for The Lions team before switching to Rugby Union in 2007 joining Munster.

The Great Britain and Irish Lions is a team of players from Rugby League Ireland, Scotland Rugby League, Welsh Rugby League and Rugby Football League (England).

The team was 'retired' after the 2007 series versus the touring New Zealand team, The Kiwis.

It returns with a tour to the southern hemisphere playing tests against New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.